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so i'm confident that women and girls will remain a singular essential part of american foreign policy. >> while she was secretary, clinton teamed the state department up with the gallup organization. that to collect hard evidence of the impact of investing in women and girls. clinton hopes it will be a tool for making a persuasive argument for such investments in the future and valuable policy information. >> we have strong evidence that women play roles in all kinds of things, and in particular, in peace-keeping and conflict prevention. they raise issues in these kinds of negotiations, like human rights and human security. that are fundamental to forging a lasting and sustainable peace but we need more internationally comparable data to examine women's contributions affect conflict regions and only, then, can we really create 401(k)l0s for making sure they were included. >> secretary clinton logged nearly 1 million miles traveling to more than 100 countries, meeting with women and girls as part of her agenda whenever possible. >> that's good. very good. good for you. >> and she hoste
so i'm confident that women and girls will remain a singular essential part of american foreign policy. >> while she was secretary, clinton teamed the state department up with the gallup organization. that to collect hard evidence of the impact of investing in women and girls. clinton hopes it will be a tool for making a persuasive argument for such investments in the future and valuable policy information. >> we have strong evidence that women play roles in all kinds of things, and...
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you can watch this week's press pass conversation with vice president and director for foreign policy at the brookings institute, martin indyk, on some of the big bets president obama is making during his second term in foreign policy. >>> the biggest explosions. >> damn! >> raging infernos. terrifying escapes. >> that was the day i thought i was going to die. >> we have the facility surrounded. >> brave responders. >> i couldn't believe my eyes. >> exploding projectiles. >> it was just like a rocket coming down. >> massive flames. >> it was hairy. it was hairy. i just closed my eyes and go oh, boy. >> enormous fireballs. >> pan back. pan back. just had a huge explosion. i thought this is it, i better at least catch it on tape. >>> "caught on camera boom." welcome to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. just going through our daily routines, we can be surrounded by dangerous materials and equipment and not even be aware of it. usually we have nothing to worry about because compressed gases, high-powered machines and blasting materials are safe when used and stored properly. but if
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and the difficulties in articulating a broad set of foreign policy goals. that is infinitely compounded given the state of play and also changing leadership in the middle east. give us the latest from egypt where things are certainly in a state of turmoil. what's your read on how this affects president morsi's grip on power. >> you know, when the news came out, it is importantly linked to the united states because the defense secretary here, or the minister of defense, the head of the armed forces, came out with this statement saying that the country was on the verge of collapse. the state was on the verge of collapse if the country cooperate reconcile its political differences. now, why we say that's important is because the egyptian military receives close to $1.5 billion from the u.s. government. and hadz a close working relationship with the u.s. military. you get a sense of how important this state institution is to the overall affects here on the ground in egypt, and the kind of community that the u.s. has. it is a back door channel and an important o
and the difficulties in articulating a broad set of foreign policy goals. that is infinitely compounded given the state of play and also changing leadership in the middle east. give us the latest from egypt where things are certainly in a state of turmoil. what's your read on how this affects president morsi's grip on power. >> you know, when the news came out, it is importantly linked to the united states because the defense secretary here, or the minister of defense, the head of the...
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two days later and foreign policy, hillary and i took stairstep a nice feature. i recognize the notion that two former u.s. government officials turn university professors betting george soros and anything made an absurd, but that's what we did. we given that not only with the islamic republic still beat the rams government and a year's time, but the balance of influence and power in the middle east to be tilted even further in the favor. almost two years since iris made his feature as they were eager to collect on it. later in 2011, the back-and-forth between ayatollah khomeini, the islamic republic later and president ahmadinejad over the resignation reinstatement of the intelligence minister and other issues. the same cast of iran expert on mainstream media gave developments overblown, even hysterical treatment portraying them as unprecedented signs of an insecure regime. such analyses revealed the very least lamentable ignorance about the islamic republic political history, which since the revolution has been marked by an touch of the same kind of intense com
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as to the comment i made about the most dangerous foreign policy decision since vietnam was about not just the surge but the overall war of choice going into iraq. >> well, there you have it. joy, your thoughts. you're younger, you've been through it, you lived through it in school. mccain is so angry. is it really about the surge? what is it? did they yell at each other in the cloak room? i'm trying to figure out the anger here. >> these guys both served as you said, chris, they were good friends in the arms and the senate. john mccain seems to be a man who's tormented hchl's tormented by the demons that have to do with the things he was denied. he was denied the presidency, so he couldn't stand george w. bush. he was denied it again and can't stand barack obama or anyone he nominates. in a way john mccain made the surge into the war as john mccain would have fought it as commander in chief and anyone who questions it gets the wrath of mccain. i watched that part of the hearing with colonel jack jacobs and patrick murphy, the former pennsylvania congressman who served in iraq. both o
as to the comment i made about the most dangerous foreign policy decision since vietnam was about not just the surge but the overall war of choice going into iraq. >> well, there you have it. joy, your thoughts. you're younger, you've been through it, you lived through it in school. mccain is so angry. is it really about the surge? what is it? did they yell at each other in the cloak room? i'm trying to figure out the anger here. >> these guys both served as you said, chris, they...
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foreign-policy. one of the first things i did as secretary was to elevate the office of global women's issues and the first ambassador at large. i'm very pleased that yesterday the president signed a memorandum making that office permanent. in the past four years we have made -- [applause] thank you. in the past four years we have made a major push at the united nations to integrate women incorporated key security building worldwide and we have seen successes in places like liberia. we have urged leaders of egypt tunisia and libya to recognize women as equal citizens with important contributions to make. we are supporting women entrepreneurs around the world and it would creating jobs in driving growth. said technology, development, human rights and women. i know that a lot of pundits are that list and they say isn't that all soft? what about the hard stuff? will, that is a false choice. we need both. and no one should think otherwise. i will be the first to stand up and proclaim loudly and clearly t
foreign-policy. one of the first things i did as secretary was to elevate the office of global women's issues and the first ambassador at large. i'm very pleased that yesterday the president signed a memorandum making that office permanent. in the past four years we have made -- [applause] thank you. in the past four years we have made a major push at the united nations to integrate women incorporated key security building worldwide and we have seen successes in places like liberia. we have...
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. >> were you correct or incorrect when you said the surge would be the biggest foreign policy blunder since vietnam? >> are you going to answer the question? >> the question is where you're right or wrong? >> your free to elaborate. >> i'm not going to give you a yes or no answer. >> records will show that you refuse to answer that question. >> confirmation hearings got under way. if he is confirmed he will replace leon panetta. >>democrats believe he is someone the president can trust. they argue his war experience as an enlisted man is a major plus at the pentagon. >> students from sandy hook elementary school will perform at the super bowl. more than two dozen students are heading to new orleans. the children are survivors from the shooting rampage. paris casualties in america the beautiful. they're going to sing america the beautiful. >> how they are planning to help underwater home owners. >> more help may be on the way for underwater homeowners. sources saying that members of congress are getting ready to introduce bills that will expand government refinance programs. the treasu
. >> were you correct or incorrect when you said the surge would be the biggest foreign policy blunder since vietnam? >> are you going to answer the question? >> the question is where you're right or wrong? >> your free to elaborate. >> i'm not going to give you a yes or no answer. >> records will show that you refuse to answer that question. >> confirmation hearings got under way. if he is confirmed he will replace leon panetta. >>democrats...
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well i think our foreign policy is incorrect i don't think we should have been in iraq at all i think we were lied to by our government and what happens when you put young boys in situations where they don't know why they're there there and it's even worse than being because not only are you wouldn't terrible environment where everybody basically wants to kill you. and you walk around and suddenly the earth explodes and your best friend just lost his leg. you. to test the people you're supposed to be fighting for. and you do crazy things and that's what to redact it's about and that's what because it is a war was about. these wars make no sense and crazy things happen here if studied the phenomenon or rather the pathology of violence for a while for decades why is america so keen to get involved in conflicts whatever they hop on from afghanistan to libya shooting first and thinking later many things in there we're repeated over and over again that you know sort of. create this and this atmosphere one is america is the greatest day should in the world i don't know how many times i've h
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policy choices facing this country. and today we are continuing what we've come to call secretary of state week here at the council. on tuesday night, we were fortunate to hear from george shultz who served as secretary of state for some 6 1/2 years under president ronald reagan and this afternoon we are honored to host hillary rodham clinton. during her last 24 hours as president obama's first secretary of state. immediately after, which i'm told, she might be expected to party like it's cartagena all over again. [laughter] we did our research and this is the eighth time that hillary clinton has spoken that the council and her third appearance in her current incarnation as secretary of state. this afternoon's speech is probably the most anticipated one she's given here, indeed, it may be the most anticipated farewell address since 1796. i suspect, though, that her views entangling alliances might be different than george washington. much has been made of the miles she's put in as the country's 67th secretary of state.
policy choices facing this country. and today we are continuing what we've come to call secretary of state week here at the council. on tuesday night, we were fortunate to hear from george shultz who served as secretary of state for some 6 1/2 years under president ronald reagan and this afternoon we are honored to host hillary rodham clinton. during her last 24 hours as president obama's first secretary of state. immediately after, which i'm told, she might be expected to party like it's...
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i think that, you know, for 20 years foreign policy wasn't a major issue in the democratic party. whether it was globalization or opposition to the iraq war. we didn't real solid a forward leaning fiewrd policy. i think we have reestablished our commitment to free trade. democracy promotion. >> laura: how is it forward-leaning given what we didn't do in iran when we had -- looked like we had a real popular vote going there we really didn't do anything. in syria, there is debate what we should do there, nevertheless, clearly our policy there is a little bit confusing. >> clearly very forward leaning in the war on terror. clearly significantly involved in libya and egypt and trying to push things forward there. >> laura: even a lot of liberals were criticizing her. even people who like her. >> the second legacy for her is going to be about the asia. you raised. >> is america stronger or weaker than she was four years ago. >> i think america is stronger today. >> laura: on what measure? more people are looking to our country for leadership than they were four years ago. >> fewer peop
i think that, you know, for 20 years foreign policy wasn't a major issue in the democratic party. whether it was globalization or opposition to the iraq war. we didn't real solid a forward leaning fiewrd policy. i think we have reestablished our commitment to free trade. democracy promotion. >> laura: how is it forward-leaning given what we didn't do in iran when we had -- looked like we had a real popular vote going there we really didn't do anything. in syria, there is debate what we...
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well i think our foreign policy is incorrect i don't think we should have been in iraq in a war i think we were lied to by our government and what happens when you put young boys in situations where they don't know why they're there are there and it's even worse than being because not only are you wouldn't terrible environment where everybody basically wants to kill you. and you walk around and suddenly the earth explodes and your best friend just lost his leg. you detest the people you're supposed to be fighting for. and you do crazy things and that's what to redact it's about and that's what cancer does a war was about. these wars make no sense and crazy things happen here if studied the phenomenon or rather the pathology of violence for a while for decades why is america so keen to get involved in conflicts whatever they hop on from afghanistan to lead shooting first and thinking later many things in there we're repeated over and over again that you know sort of. create this and this atmosphere one is america is the greatest day shouldn't in the world. i don't know how many times i'v
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we actually have the worse foreign policy president in american history preceding barack obama. we -- i think hillary clinton and barack obama have put america on a much -- have v. reclaimed the tradition. >> laura: disseminated. >> they have been severely weakened, laura, come on. >> great to see both of you. >> thank you. >> up next on the rundown, new evidence the economy is still stuck in a ditch. we're going to break it down for you. and then the president's new pick for secretary of defense implodz at his confirmation >> laura: in the impact segment tonight, nor bad news for the u.s. economy. the january jobs report came out today and the unemployment rate is back on the rise. climbing a tenth of a point to 7.9%. and even though the economy added 157,000 new jobs. nearly 23 million americans are still out of work or stuck in part-time jobs. here now with reaction fox news contributor, gary b. smith and joining us from new york is david callahan a senior fellow at demos which is a progressive think tank. all right, gentlemen. let's start with you this on the surface the sto
we actually have the worse foreign policy president in american history preceding barack obama. we -- i think hillary clinton and barack obama have put america on a much -- have v. reclaimed the tradition. >> laura: disseminated. >> they have been severely weakened, laura, come on. >> great to see both of you. >> thank you. >> up next on the rundown, new evidence the economy is still stuck in a ditch. we're going to break it down for you. and then the president's...
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adding a mac >> foreign-policy and especially security systems. this is another area where congress really has a role to play. the administration is basically decided that mohamed morsi at egypt is the new mubarak. the guy in the seat we will now help. it's completely indifferent to what our aid program should look like and what the desired outcome and egypt should be. the only thing they appear to be interested in is the continuation of the israeli egyptian camp david accords, which are obviously of great interest, but not really the only thing they should animate us and we talk about the largest country in the middle east. when i thought we were delivering fighter jets to the egyptian military, i just asked myself, what message does this send? the rule should be not the foreign aid is bad and not that foreign aid is good and not that military assistance is good or bad, it is the u.s. taxpayer dollar used to further u.s. tax your interest and every time a new government comes into power, we should take that aid down to zero and build it anew. doe
adding a mac >> foreign-policy and especially security systems. this is another area where congress really has a role to play. the administration is basically decided that mohamed morsi at egypt is the new mubarak. the guy in the seat we will now help. it's completely indifferent to what our aid program should look like and what the desired outcome and egypt should be. the only thing they appear to be interested in is the continuation of the israeli egyptian camp david accords, which are...
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where you correct when he said the surge would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder since the a number of words you incorrect or correct? >> my reference -- and not argue not answering the question? the question was argue right or wrong? i would like to answer whether you are right or wrong, and then you are free to elaborate. >> well, i am not going to give you a yes or no answer -- >> let the record show that the person refused to answer the question. >> if you want me to explain c-- >> i would like an answer yes or no. >> i will defer that judgment to history. as to the comment i made about the most dangerous foreign policy decision about vietnam was about not just the search, but the overall war of choice going into iraq. that particular decision that was made on the surge, but more to the point, the war in iraq, i think was the most fundamental dangerous decisions since the it now. aside from the costs that occurred in this country, to blood and treasure, aside from what that did to take our focus off of afghanistan, which in fact was the original and real focus of the na
where you correct when he said the surge would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder since the a number of words you incorrect or correct? >> my reference -- and not argue not answering the question? the question was argue right or wrong? i would like to answer whether you are right or wrong, and then you are free to elaborate. >> well, i am not going to give you a yes or no answer -- >> let the record show that the person refused to answer the question. >> if you...
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foreign policy. during his 30 years in public life and more than 25 years in the senate, senator kerry championed many issues. the senate foreign relations committee favorably reported his nomination to the senate unanimously and presented senator kerry with an honorary resolution highlighting a few of his many accomplishments. among his accomplishments are the partnership he formed with senator john mccain that led to an effort to investigate the fate of american soldiers unaccounted for in vietnam and normalize relations with a former enemy which is in essence vietnam. his leadership of difficult, sensitive and comprehensive investigations in the senate on everything from the bank of credit and commerce international and illegal money laundering to the noriega regime in panama is well known. advocating for a democratic elections in the philippines and serving with senator lugar as part of a senator delegation that uncovered the fraud that led to the ouster of president noriega. advocating for progr
foreign policy. during his 30 years in public life and more than 25 years in the senate, senator kerry championed many issues. the senate foreign relations committee favorably reported his nomination to the senate unanimously and presented senator kerry with an honorary resolution highlighting a few of his many accomplishments. among his accomplishments are the partnership he formed with senator john mccain that led to an effort to investigate the fate of american soldiers unaccounted for in...
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two days later in foreign policy, hillary and i took soros up on his wager. now, i recognize the notion of two former u.s. government officials turned university professors betting george soros on anything might seem a tad absurd, but that's what we did. we even bet that not only would the islamic republic still be iran's government in a year's time, but that the balance of influence and power in the middle east would be tilted even further in its favor. almost two years have elapsed since soros made his wager. i have to say we're pretty eager to collect on it. [laughter] later in 2011 western analysts focused on the back and forth between ayatollah khamenei, the islamic republic's supreme leader, and president ahmadinejad over the resignation and reinstatement of the intelligence minister and other issues. the same cast of iran experts, mainstream media gave these developments overblown, even hysterical treatment, portraying them as, quote: unprecedented finds of an insecure regime fracturing at the top. such analyses revealed at the very least lamentable ig
two days later in foreign policy, hillary and i took soros up on his wager. now, i recognize the notion of two former u.s. government officials turned university professors betting george soros on anything might seem a tad absurd, but that's what we did. we even bet that not only would the islamic republic still be iran's government in a year's time, but that the balance of influence and power in the middle east would be tilted even further in its favor. almost two years have elapsed since...
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we actually have the worse foreign policy president in american history preceding barack obama. we -- i think hillary clinton and barack obama have put america on a much -- have v. reclaimed the tradition. >> laura: disseminated. >> they have been severely weakened, laura, come on. >> great to see both of you. >> thank you. >> up next on the rundown, new evidence the economy is still stuck in a ditch. we're going to break it down for you. and then the president's new pick for secretary of defense implodz at his confirmation hearing. coming right back. ave doubts about taking aspirin for pain. but they haven't experienced extra strength bayer advanced aspirin. in fact, in a recent survey, 95% of people who tried it agreed that it relieved their headache fast. visit fastreliefchallenge.com today for a special trial offer. visit fastreliefchallenge.com music: "make someone happy" music: "make someone happy" ♪it's so important to make someone happy.♪ it's so important to make meone happy.♪ ♪make just one someone happy ♪and you will be happy too. >> laura: in the impact seg
we actually have the worse foreign policy president in american history preceding barack obama. we -- i think hillary clinton and barack obama have put america on a much -- have v. reclaimed the tradition. >> laura: disseminated. >> they have been severely weakened, laura, come on. >> great to see both of you. >> thank you. >> up next on the rundown, new evidence the economy is still stuck in a ditch. we're going to break it down for you. and then the president's...
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foreign policy is. u.s. foreign policy for the last four years has been shamed around wars. it's been shamed around military responses to the foreign policy challenges around the world, starting with the iraq war. we now have the state department being in charge of the 15,000 or so armed contractors, if we want to be polite, mercenaries if we want to be a little more accurate, that are in iraq at the behest of the united states because the agreement between the u.s. and iraq made them withdraw all the soldiers and all the pentagon paid contractors. they were replaced by hillary clinton's guys. we don't hear that. that's not under hillary clinton's actual jurisdiction. it technically is, but in the real world that's not what she's responsible for. the key parts of foreign policy now are afghanistan, israel/palestine. none of these are places where hillary clinton can say that's what i did. >> josh. >> large contractor footprint in iraq, no question about that, but not entirely accurate to say replaced. it's not a one for one replacement. >> we had 100,000 before under the pen
foreign policy is. u.s. foreign policy for the last four years has been shamed around wars. it's been shamed around military responses to the foreign policy challenges around the world, starting with the iraq war. we now have the state department being in charge of the 15,000 or so armed contractors, if we want to be polite, mercenaries if we want to be a little more accurate, that are in iraq at the behest of the united states because the agreement between the u.s. and iraq made them withdraw...
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and other brotherly nations in in actually developing economy developing foreign policy and developing a viable economy and all of that since one thousand nine hundred ninety one has been destroyed since the first gulf war destroying iraq which like egypt has a massive arab population but different to egypt have the added strategic bonus of oil so really i think what's happened post mubarak is that the west as ensured that one of the most important political arab nations that's that egypt has been totally destabilized and remember the egyptian government is waiting for what the egyptians call the loan from sunday look there's a protest is a popular protest song about the well bank i.m.f. loan to egypt and all the western newspapers and analysts are saying well egypt's not going to get that loan if this is the destabilisation that is visiting upon the country ok but democracy as just was elected seven months a day and the people the majority of the people who put him in power he is the easy going to be other throne is that likely to happen is that something that they gyptian is one now.
and other brotherly nations in in actually developing economy developing foreign policy and developing a viable economy and all of that since one thousand nine hundred ninety one has been destroyed since the first gulf war destroying iraq which like egypt has a massive arab population but different to egypt have the added strategic bonus of oil so really i think what's happened post mubarak is that the west as ensured that one of the most important political arab nations that's that egypt has...
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foreign policy. but the clinton legacy is pretty much i think the legacy of american wars and a counterterrorism policy that has usurped the usual prerogatives of the state department what hillary clinton did which was more important than anything else during her four years as secretary of state was to be part of the coalition the phalanx if you will of pro-war people which really left to president obama no choice but to go along with the forty thousand troops that the military was demanding that crystal is demanding for afghanistan john kerry will not be able to fundamentally change the course of u.s. foreign policy which is again set in motion a set in stone if you will because of the power that the cia and the military really wield over the direction of u.s. relations with so much of the of the world particularly the middle east and now increasingly in africa as well that there is very little chance that john kerry will challenge any of the fundamental directions of u.s. policy such as for example
foreign policy. but the clinton legacy is pretty much i think the legacy of american wars and a counterterrorism policy that has usurped the usual prerogatives of the state department what hillary clinton did which was more important than anything else during her four years as secretary of state was to be part of the coalition the phalanx if you will of pro-war people which really left to president obama no choice but to go along with the forty thousand troops that the military was demanding...
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views about what our american foreign policy is and so needless to say i've probably been followed around since the sixty's because i made very political antiwar pictures of me in the sixty's. so i sort of accepted basically. and my last picture political picture or back then would not see the my country because i was criticizing our foreign policy and the fact that what the hell are we doing in iraq and these terrible things happen when you put these young boys in these worlds where they don't understand what they're fighting for why they are there so i can understand why all over things were being followed all the time we probably are your drama that's.
views about what our american foreign policy is and so needless to say i've probably been followed around since the sixty's because i made very political antiwar pictures of me in the sixty's. so i sort of accepted basically. and my last picture political picture or back then would not see the my country because i was criticizing our foreign policy and the fact that what the hell are we doing in iraq and these terrible things happen when you put these young boys in these worlds where they don't...
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foreign policy. one of the first things i did the secretary was to elevate the office of global women's issues under the first ambassador at large and i'm very pleased that yesterday the president signed a memorandum making bad office permanent. in the past four years we have made -- [applause] thank you. in the past four years we have made a major push at the united nations to integrate women and keep them security building worldwide and we have seen success in places like liberia. we have urged leaders in egypt tunisia and libya to recognize women as equal citizens with important contributions to make. we are supporting women entrepreneurs around the world who are creating jobs and driving growth. so. so technology, development, human rights, women. now i know that a lot of pundits hear that and they say, could isn't that all a bit soft? what about the hard stuff? will, that is a false choice. we need both and no one should think otherwise. i will be the first to stand up and proclaim loudly and cl
foreign policy. one of the first things i did the secretary was to elevate the office of global women's issues under the first ambassador at large and i'm very pleased that yesterday the president signed a memorandum making bad office permanent. in the past four years we have made -- [applause] thank you. in the past four years we have made a major push at the united nations to integrate women and keep them security building worldwide and we have seen success in places like liberia. we have...
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influence in terms of turkey's foreign policy is it possible i mean in turkey as an anywhere anything is possible there's this many people at play here in turkey as your correspondent mentioned in the piece earlier there's different factions there's a p k k there's there's people who are upset at. what's how turkey's policy in syria so. as of yet it's still difficult to say who is behind it but that organization the revolutionary front is a known organization they i haven't had the recent attacks but there they have been as i said known to carry out attacks in the past what do you make of the timing of the attack is this some kind of a message. again it's people there are people are looking at it as a message. it comes at a time several things are going on of course is the the ongoing violence in syria thousands of refugees tens of thousands of refugees pouring into to turkey there are perhaps people unhappy at turkey's. role in syria turkey is openly called for the fall of the regime in syria so there's that there's also negotiations going on here unprecedented negotiations between t
influence in terms of turkey's foreign policy is it possible i mean in turkey as an anywhere anything is possible there's this many people at play here in turkey as your correspondent mentioned in the piece earlier there's different factions there's a p k k there's there's people who are upset at. what's how turkey's policy in syria so. as of yet it's still difficult to say who is behind it but that organization the revolutionary front is a known organization they i haven't had the recent...
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i thought important the part about foreign policy. we've had situations in the past where we had wars with countries and then ended up being their friends. why don't we start being friends. to me, it was all about iran. there is only other country we're thinking about going to war, with it's iran. why fighting the people of iran? why kill a bunch of people iran because we don't like their nuclear program? he wants to avoid that. robin wright says if we don't take advantage of the weapon between now and when they weaponize, we will never have peace with iran it will be endless war with that enormously important country which could shake every part of our world. >> the favorite line? >> the courage to resolve differences with other nations peacefully, not because we are naive about the dangers we face, because engagement can more endurably lift fear. peace has durability. if you go to war, you go to war again. iraq one leads to iraq two. you keep going back and back and back. get caught in the quick sand. and he says i'm not going too d
i thought important the part about foreign policy. we've had situations in the past where we had wars with countries and then ended up being their friends. why don't we start being friends. to me, it was all about iran. there is only other country we're thinking about going to war, with it's iran. why fighting the people of iran? why kill a bunch of people iran because we don't like their nuclear program? he wants to avoid that. robin wright says if we don't take advantage of the weapon between...
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were you correct or incorrect when you said that the surge would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam? were you correct or incorrect? yes or no? >> my reference to the surge being dangerous -- >> will you answer the question, senator hagel? the question is were you right or wrong? that's a pretty straightforward question. i would like to you answer whether you were right or wrong and then you're free to elaborate. >> well, i'm not going to give you a yes or no answer. >> well, let the record show that you refused to answer that question. please go ahead. >> well, if you would like me to explain why -- >> no, i actually would like an answer, yes or no. >> well, i'm not going to give you a yes or no. i think it's far more complicated than that. as i said, my answer is, i'll defer that judgment to history. as to the comment i made about the most dangerous foreign policy decision since vietnam, was about not just the surge, but the overall war of choice going into iraq. that particular decision that was made on the surge, put more to the point, our wa
were you correct or incorrect when you said that the surge would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam? were you correct or incorrect? yes or no? >> my reference to the surge being dangerous -- >> will you answer the question, senator hagel? the question is were you right or wrong? that's a pretty straightforward question. i would like to you answer whether you were right or wrong and then you're free to elaborate. >> well, i'm not going to...
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policy she does better. it's not enough to go into communities they've ignored or tinker with their message. they have to take a hard look at policies they've embraced, like self-deportation for immigration reform. i don't care how you spin that, hispanics are not going to embrace you if you have a policy like that in your party. >> rick: ron? >> i have to tell you i think president obama is going to help republicans out because he's now unveiled a liberal agenda that, since he has been reelected, surprise, surprise and republicans will be able to contrast themselves as a much morecentric party than the president is going, way left and i think on issues like, climate change, on spending, on, you know, creating a culture of dependence on the federal government, we can help to drive a wedge between senate democrats who are in red states up in 2004, we can drive a wedge between them and focus first on getting back the senate before we go after the presidency. >> rick: doug, what about that? this was a president
policy she does better. it's not enough to go into communities they've ignored or tinker with their message. they have to take a hard look at policies they've embraced, like self-deportation for immigration reform. i don't care how you spin that, hispanics are not going to embrace you if you have a policy like that in your party. >> rick: ron? >> i have to tell you i think president obama is going to help republicans out because he's now unveiled a liberal agenda that, since he has...
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committee sends its republican members to world net daily to go talk about foreign policy ideas, this is their world. this is not the fringe. this is where they live. governing the united states is a really hard job. representing the united states in the world is a really, really hard job. today john kerry was officially sworn in to take over that job from hillary clinton. and he got to what amounts from a really well informed warning from his predecessor about the difficulties of that job. the evidence-based world is a hard enough place to live and to operate for us as a nation without half of our domestic politics being dominated by the perceived desire to defend against the muslim obama jihad on ronald reagan's childhood home. are we hampered as a nation in our ability to address real problems in the evidence-based world if half of the people in politics do not live in that world? and if so, how does that get fixed? joining us now is chris hayes, who all of you will see again at 8:00 a.m. eastern tomorrow, because that's when he starts his show "up with chris hayes" here on msnbc.
committee sends its republican members to world net daily to go talk about foreign policy ideas, this is their world. this is not the fringe. this is where they live. governing the united states is a really hard job. representing the united states in the world is a really, really hard job. today john kerry was officially sworn in to take over that job from hillary clinton. and he got to what amounts from a really well informed warning from his predecessor about the difficulties of that job. the...
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you have left a profoundly positive mark on american foreign policy and you done enormous good. for all of us in the country we serve. we will miss you deeply. [applause]none of us will ever forget your extraordinary leadership that each of us will be deeply proud of hillary clinton. [applause]it is my great honor to introduce the 67th secretary of state of the united states of america, hillary rodham clinton. [applause] >> thank you. just standing here looking out at all of you, the people i have found -- i have been honored to work with over the past four years is an incredible experience. when i came into this building as the secretary of state four years ago, and received such a warm welcome, i knew there was something really special about this lace. having -- about this place. having the honor would be unique and singular, exciting, and challenging. all of those things and so much more. i cannot fully express how grateful i am. to those whom i have spent many hours here in washington, around the world, and in airplanes. [laughter]but i am proud of the work we have done to e
you have left a profoundly positive mark on american foreign policy and you done enormous good. for all of us in the country we serve. we will miss you deeply. [applause]none of us will ever forget your extraordinary leadership that each of us will be deeply proud of hillary clinton. [applause]it is my great honor to introduce the 67th secretary of state of the united states of america, hillary rodham clinton. [applause] >> thank you. just standing here looking out at all of you, the...
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or at the foreign-policy engagement is essential. -- more active foreign policy engagement is essential. the secretary of state appointed a lot of people who work delegating responsibility. you had george mitchell in the middle east. you have richard holbrooke working in afghanistan. it is going to take a senator kerry, a secretary of state carry -- secretary of state john kerry to do what he can to prevent many of these ongoing catastrophes from unravelling further and threatening the united states foreign policy. more forward engagement is essential. it was a good model that al gore had when he was running for president. i was proud to be part of his national security team. we need more forward engagement diplomacy to protect american security around the world. host: we will conclude on that note. marc ginsberg joining us from new york. when we come back, we will turn our attention to the issue of immigration. what were the lessons that happened in the 1986? we will talk to the president and co-founder of the migration policy institute. and later, an advocate of international women's
or at the foreign-policy engagement is essential. -- more active foreign policy engagement is essential. the secretary of state appointed a lot of people who work delegating responsibility. you had george mitchell in the middle east. you have richard holbrooke working in afghanistan. it is going to take a senator kerry, a secretary of state carry -- secretary of state john kerry to do what he can to prevent many of these ongoing catastrophes from unravelling further and threatening the united...
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after the break out is going to talk to former presidential foreign policy unless harry and flynt leverett about america's approach to iran. asco actually caused a fiasco by singing a song highly critical of president obama ironically at a concert in honor of his second inauguration according to the huffington post he was thrown off stage by security for insulting the dear leader the sounds really bad like something out of one nine hundred eighty four were thugs come out of nowhere the second you say something out of line about the party. to the song loop it was singing had been going on for thirty minutes at that point this rant was more like a hip hop filibuster stopping the whole show and dragging on and on and on the so i think security just wanted to silence him in general not silence his anti obama opinions so you know next time when you want to bring up obama's drone usage or total disregard for the constitution then keep it under three minutes and everything will be just fine but that's just my opinion. wealthy british style. markets. scandal find out what's really happening to the
after the break out is going to talk to former presidential foreign policy unless harry and flynt leverett about america's approach to iran. asco actually caused a fiasco by singing a song highly critical of president obama ironically at a concert in honor of his second inauguration according to the huffington post he was thrown off stage by security for insulting the dear leader the sounds really bad like something out of one nine hundred eighty four were thugs come out of nowhere the second...
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on iraq, hagel called the 2007 troop surge 'the most dangerous foreign policy blunder since vietnam.' even some of us who came to defend a policy strongly had initial doubt. in any event, u.s. troops are now home from iraq. on iran, the nominee has expressed doubts over possible u.s. air strikes even as tehran continues its march towards nuclear weapons capability. but the president has declared repeatedly is from the that iran must not be allowed a nuclear weapon. hagel's skepticism about a hard line could be a welcome antidote to a strong consensus leaning towards the use of force in coming months. on afghanistan, it is important that hagel show an open mindedness about our policy. he has long been a skeptic, but that is ok as long as hagel understands where we are in the campaign plans the and recommends any changes with utmost care." larry, okla., a democrat. please go ahead. caller: i am a democrat, 72- year-old vietnam veteran. i would prefer a democrat, naturally, but hearing and watching about hagel, he seems like a rarity -- a republican with a good sense. so i am all for him
on iraq, hagel called the 2007 troop surge 'the most dangerous foreign policy blunder since vietnam.' even some of us who came to defend a policy strongly had initial doubt. in any event, u.s. troops are now home from iraq. on iran, the nominee has expressed doubts over possible u.s. air strikes even as tehran continues its march towards nuclear weapons capability. but the president has declared repeatedly is from the that iran must not be allowed a nuclear weapon. hagel's skepticism about a...
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foreign policy. the first baby steps are joy. folds and bones are not a big deal. but they can cause terrible trauma. for children can be broken by better touch. and only the will of life can make. and sores way. fragile people on our team. download the official application to your cell phone choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from alzheimer's if you're away from your television or it just doesn't matter now with your mobile device you can watch r.t. anytime anywhere. from. the. i'm joined by hilary levert flynt leverett foreman and lists for both bill clinton and george w. bush administrations two of america's most informed middle east experts their new book is called going to tehran which offers a way out of the current diplomatic crisis it's called why the united states must come to terms with the islamic republic of iran thank you very much for coming washington seems to be very happy with the sanctions there quickly in the arena chrono me why should they change policies now why should they come to terms with iran sanctions are not goi
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policy issue. he will be he will be at the defense department doing quintessentially defense secretary things in this environment which is to cut the budget and try to keep the united states out of another war now that peace try to keep the united states out of another war could have impact here but the problem is he what he could potentially try to keep united states out of another war without being able to either to offer a vision for another way to deal with this challenge the islamic republic poses a real challenge to the united states and a real challenge to israel in the region that challenges to significantly constrain both the united states and israel's preferred strategies for the region which is to project force whenever wherever and whatever degree we want unilaterally the islamic republic of iran challenges that not with tanks so that they go and park their tanks in other people's countries they challenge that with their narrative they oppose that risk really at its core chuck hagel sai
policy issue. he will be he will be at the defense department doing quintessentially defense secretary things in this environment which is to cut the budget and try to keep the united states out of another war now that peace try to keep the united states out of another war could have impact here but the problem is he what he could potentially try to keep united states out of another war without being able to either to offer a vision for another way to deal with this challenge the islamic...
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and i've noticed because i spend all my time looking at foreign policy issues broadly and because iran is one of my issues is that is increasingly true in washington. is it because we have defeated the iranian nuclear weapons program? is it because our dialogue with the iranians has borne fruit? is it because the iranian government has had second thoughts? is it because the europeans and their ongoing dialogue with the iranian government about the nuclear program has been successful? or is it none of the above? the honest answer, of course, is it's none of the above. the bigst problem is that there is an incredible blossoming of threats around the world right now, and we had a lot to talk about before we could even come to iran. worse yet, our government is -- and i would say many, many on the right and the left -- are bored with iran. i think that the tacit notion is that containment is a very good option because this, after all, is the year in which iran will get nuclear weapons. and for those of you who have a slightly longer memory than some in the washington press, you'll remember
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are still still rising and the country still has this picture list picture in a computer later in its foreign policy so these were the main factors that led to the unrest of two years ago and i'm afraid no they're not improving these things are getting worse and why we're seeing unrest continue well that unrest that rotten came just a day after opposition leaders signed in agreement to promote peace why they failed in their efforts. well a few handshakes in some government buildings are not going to change the reality for millions of or desperate people unemployed people poor people like i say the the the muslim brotherhood morsi regime has made things more difficult for egyptians working class is interesting the very first act after he claimed emergency powers by himself last november the very first act was to try to cripple the independence of the trade union movement by appointing himself the power to to to appoint their leaders so this really this attack on the working class resistance has been growing in egypt over the last few years and and morsi is now spearheading the attack on it it'
are still still rising and the country still has this picture list picture in a computer later in its foreign policy so these were the main factors that led to the unrest of two years ago and i'm afraid no they're not improving these things are getting worse and why we're seeing unrest continue well that unrest that rotten came just a day after opposition leaders signed in agreement to promote peace why they failed in their efforts. well a few handshakes in some government buildings are not...
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things are still still rising and the country still has this picture this picture in a capitulation is foreign policy so these were the main factors that led to the unrest of two years ago and i'm afraid no that they're they're not improving these things are getting worse and why are we seeing unrest continuing well that unrest that rotten came just a day after opposition leaders signed an agreement to promote peace what why they failed in their efforts. well a few hand shakes in the in some government buildings are not going to change the reality for millions of or desperate people unemployed people poor people like i say the muslim brotherhood morsi regime has made things more difficult for egyptians working class it is interesting the very first act after he claimed emergency powers by himself last november the very first act was to try to cripple the independence of the trade union movement by appointing himself the power to to to appoint their leaders so this really this attack on the working class resistance has been growing in egypt over the last few years and and morsi is now spearhead
things are still still rising and the country still has this picture this picture in a capitulation is foreign policy so these were the main factors that led to the unrest of two years ago and i'm afraid no that they're they're not improving these things are getting worse and why are we seeing unrest continuing well that unrest that rotten came just a day after opposition leaders signed an agreement to promote peace what why they failed in their efforts. well a few hand shakes in the in some...